ALT A screenshot from Cal Newport's newsletter: "The problem facing knowledge work in our current moment is not that we’re lacking sufficiently powerful technologies. It’s instead that we’re already distracted by so many digital tools that there’s no time left to really open the throttle on our brains. And this is a shame. Few satisfactions are more uniquely human than the slow extraction of new understanding, illuminated through the steady attention of your mind’s eye. So, grab a notebook and head somewhere scenic to work on a hard problem. Give yourself enough time, and the enthusiastic clamor about a world of AI agents and super-charged productivity will dissipate to a quiet hum."

ALT A picture of the first page of a book with the title "Chapter 1: Introduction to Design Patterns". The first line of the text says "Good code is like a love letter to the next developer who will maintain it"

ALT giving the talk